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Cesar D. Fermin Professor of Pathology & Otolaryngology

Birth date: December 30, 1950 Birth place: San Cristobal, The Dominican Republic Race: Hispanic Citizenship: U.S.A.

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Department of Pathology
Tulane University School of Medicine
Tulane Avenue/SL79
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112-2699
504-588-2521. Fax 587-7389. Internet: fermin@tmc.tulane.edu

Education

1964-1968 High School. Colegio Nuestra Sra. Perpetuo Socorro. San Isidro Air Force Base. The Dominican Republic.

1968-1970 Teacher at Colegio Nuestra Sra. Perpetuo Socorro (Immediate superior Sister Margarita Cedeño and Sister Maria de Jesus. Congregation of Our Lady of Perpetual Help., Ave. Juan Pablo , Duarte 139, Santiago, The Dominican Republic).

1970-1974 B.S. (Magna) Ciencias Químicas y Naturales de Educación. Univiversidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez, Ureña, The Dominican Republic.

1974-1975 Intensive English for foreign students. Completed the advanced level (native language:Spanish). Speak Portugues and understand French, Italian, and some German.

1975-1977 M.S. Florida Institute of Technology (FIT), Melbourne, FL. -Cell Biology- Electron Microscopy. Thesis: ³Development of Hair Cells in the Lagena of the Embryonic Chick (Gallus domesticus)². Glenn M. Cohen, Ph.D., Advisor.

1977-1978 Lecturer (Adjunt faculty). Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne Florida 32901 (Present Chairman and ex-professor: Garry Wells, Ph.D.)

1978-1981 Ph.D. (Honors) Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL. - Biological Sciences-Electron Microscopy. Thesis: ³Prenatal Ototoxicity of Kanamycin in the Chick: An Ultrastructural Approach.² Glenn M. Cohen, Ph.D., Advisor.

1981-1983 Post doctoral trainee. Pathology of inner ear epithelia and ganglion after deafferentation. Electron microscopy, histology and immunohistology. Makoto Igarashi, M.D., Advisor.

Miscellaneous Training:

1988 Video Microscopy and Digital Imaging. Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA.

1989 Concepts in Molecular Biology. American Association of Pathologists, Bethesda, MD.

1990 Advanced Image Processing Methods In Electron Microscopy. Pittsburgh Super Computing Center.

1993 In Situ Hybridization. Oncor Instrument Systems, Inc., New Orleans, LA.

1994 Molecular Medicine Rotation. Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Tulane Medical School, New Orleans, LA.

1994 Color Thresholding Video Training. Oncor Instrument Systems, Inc., San Diego CA.

Honors and Awards:

1977 Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society.

1977 Beta Beta Beta, Chapter of Sigma Psi.

1978 Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.

1978 Judge for Brevard Science & Engineering Fair, Melbourne, FL 32955.

1981-1983 Board of Directors, Florida Institute of Technology Alumni Association.

1991 Represented the NIDCD/NIH. National Symposium on Health Research

. Opportunities for Hispanic Americans, San Antonio, TX.

1992 Certificate of appreciation, NIDCD/NIH.

1992 Certificate of Merit. Environmental Health and Safety, Tulane Medical School (TMC).

1993 Member Scientific Review Committee of the National Organization for Hearing Research

1988-1995 Associate Professor of Pathology (tenured granted in 1991). Director of Morphological Services, Department of Pathology, TMC.Clinical Associate Professor of Otolaryngology. Department of Otolaryngology, TMC.

1983-1998 Assistant Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine (BCM).

1981-1983 Post-Doctoral Assistant Professor, Department of Otorhino-laryngology and Communicative Sciences, BCM.

1970-1974 Professor (teacher) de Ciencias Biologicas, Colegio Nuestra Sra. P. Socorro High School, San Isidro, The Dominican Republic (Biology).

1966-1967 Nurse's Aid/Emergency Room Aid, Ricardo Limardo Hospital, Puerto Plata, The Dominican Republic.

Morphological Services responsibility

1994 Director of Histology Core

1994 Director of Tissue Bank

1989 Designed and supervised construction of new EM facility and remodeling of old EM laboratory. Chose, purchased, and supervised installation of state of the art equipment for new EM facility.

1989 Purchased, operated and instructed users how to operate state of the art video imaging facility, with color thresholding and standard morphometric techniques.

1988-1990 Supervised technical aspects and quality control of histology, EM and immunohistology in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Tulane University Hospital and Clinic.

1988-1990 Ensured biosafety measures for complying with new OSHA regulations of volatile, radioactive, carcinogens, and biohazards.

1988- Instructed faculty, residents, fellows, technicians and students the use of compound optical light microscope, electron microscope, video imaging techniques, and preparation of scientific presentations.

Research Experience:

Isolated hair cells in vertebrate inner ear. University of Würzburg, FRG with Professor H-P. Zenner.

Immuno-histochemical, immuno-electron microscopy, grant preparation, manuscript preparation, and grant managment.

Histological, histochemical photography and electron microscopy techniques.

Summer Visiting Research Associate, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine.

Graduate Research Assistant, Florida Institute of Technology (FIT).

Adjunct Research Faculty, FIT.

Teaching Experience

Member, Graduate faculty, Interdisciplinary program in Neurosciences at Tulane.

Member, Graduate faculty, Interdiciplinary Molecular Cell Biology Graduate program at Tulane.

Lecturer, Medical Students Correlative Anatomy Inner Ear, Departments of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and Anatomy, TMC.

Mentor, Resident Physician Research Training Rotation, Departments of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and Anatomy, TMC.

Lecturer, Resident Physician Introductory Basic Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences Course, BCM.

Lecturer, Resident Physician Neurotology Teaching Conference, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, BCM.

Mentor, Graduate Student Training Program in Bioacoustics, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, BCM.

Mentor, Medical Student Research Training Program, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, BCM.

Mentor, Resident Physician Research Training Rotation, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, BCM.

Teaching Research Assistant, Department of Biology, FIT (Experimental Biology, Experimental Embryology, Experimental Physiology). Redesigned testing paradim for experimental biology and experimental embryology courses by replacing look-through microscope with identification from projected from 2x2 images.

High School Biology/Anatomy Teacher. Dominican AFB, San Isidro, The Dominican Republic.

Institutional Service:

1995 Member, Research Resources Program for Medical School Advisory Committee.

1994 Member, Personnel and Honors Committee, Tulane Medical School.

1992 Member, Department of Anatomy Curriculum Review Committee, Tulane Medical Center.

1993 Member, Department Anatomy Administrative Review Committee, Tulane Medical Center.

1989- Interview, Medical Student applicants.

1989-1990 Member, Strategic Facility Plan & Space Committee, Tulane Medical Center.

1989-1993 Biosafety Officer, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Tulane Medical Center.

1992 Member, Ad Hoc committee for Recruitment of Director of Experimental Pathology, Research Unit, Tulane Medical Center.

1992 Member, Tulane Interdisciplinary Graduate MCB Program Grant Review committee, Tulane Medical Center.

1992 Member, Gross Anatomy Curriculum Evaluation committee.

1991-1994 Member, Tulane Medical School Animal User committee (ACAR).

1989-1990 Member, Tulane Medical School Ad Hoc committee for CBR Building Space Policy.

1990 Member, Tulane Medical School Volunteer Grant committee.

1986 Member, Baylor College of Medicine BSRG committee.

1983-1987 Member, Baylor College of Medicine Otolaryngology Resident Recruitment committee.

1981-1987 Member, Baylor College of Medicine Medical Student Applicant Interviewing committee.

1981-1987 Member, Training Advisors Summer program. Baylor College of Medicine and High School for Health Professional Program (HSHP). Houston Texas. HSHP advisor, Ms. Sue Donchatz (6 trainees).

National Service:

1986 Manuscript Reviews: Journal of Scanning Electron Microscopy.

1994 Manuscript Reviews: Cellular and Molecular Biology.

1989-1994 Manuscript reviews: Hearing Research Journal.

1994 Manuscript reviews: Journal of Comparative Physiology A.

. 1993 Manuscript reviews: Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.

1985-1989 Manuscript reviews: Annals Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

. 1988-1991 Member, Scientific Board of Advisors to American Innovision, San Diego. CA.

1993 Book Review: Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. 1) Electronic Light Microscopy - Techniues in Modern Biomedical Microscopy by Shelton, 2) Electron Microscopy Immunocytochemistry: Principles and Practice by Polak and Priestley, 3) In Situ Hybridization: Principles and Practice by Polak and Mcgee.

1993 Member, Scientific Review committee, National Organization for Hearing Research, Narberth, PA 19072.

1992 Member, Site Visit Review Team for Environmental Health Sciences Review committee. National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences/NIH. Research Triangle Park, NC.

1988-1992 Member,Communication Disorders Review Committee. NIDCD.

1991-1993 Member, Scientific Panel to the NIH/NIDCD National Strategic Research Plan. Balance and Vestibular System. Bethesda, MD.

1987 Annual Meeting Participation: Co-chairperson, Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO), "Vestibular, Nasal, Immunology, Microbiology, Biochemistry".

1987 Annual Meeting Participation: Co-chairperson, Association for Research in Otolaryngology, "Cochlear Implant, Cochlear Morphology and Embryology".

1987 Annual Meeting Participation: Co-chairperson, Association for Research in Otolaryngology, "Middle Ear and Facial Nerve".

1986 Grant Reviews: National Science Foundation -- Ad Hoc.

1986 American Institute of Biological Sciences. Revision of proposals submitted to NASA.

Professional Affiliations:

1988 American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology.

1983 American Society for Cell Biology.

1977 Society for Neuroscience.

1976 Southeast Electron Microscopy Society.

1978 Association for Research in Otolaryngology.

1978 Electron Microscopy Society of America.

1977 Texas Society for Electron Microscopy.

.c.Invited Workshops, Symposia and Conferences

1986 First National Conference on Research Goals and Methods for Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Bethesda, MD.

1986 NASA Workshop on Gravity Sensing Systems, Monterey, CA.

1986 Morphogenesis of the Otoliths in the Chick (Gallus domesticus) Embryo, NASA-American Physiological Workshop on Gravitation Effects on Animal Development, Buffalo, NY.

1996 Review of Statoconia Formation in Birds and Original Research in Chicks (Gallus domesticus), International Symposium on Formation of Statoliths, Otoliths and Otoconia, New Orleans, LA.

1986 Ultrastructural Changes of Statoconia after Segmentation of the Otolithic Membrane. NASA-International Society for Developmental Neuroscience Symposium on the Onset of Function in the Inner Ear, Querataro, Mexico.

1986 NASA-FASEB Conference on Response to Gravity and Space Weightlessness, Copper Mountain, CO.

1987 Visiting Research Scientist (Guest Professor), Universitat Klinik und Poliklinik, für Hals-Nasen-und Ohrenkranke im Kopflinikum Würzburg with Prof. H.-P. Zenner.

1987 ASCB-Woods Hole Video Microscopy and Digital Imaging.

1992 Space Lab MIR-1(SLM)-1 Avian Science Development Workshop-AMES. NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA.

1992 Lecture and book chapter on Auditory function. A textbook of clinical auditory topics. Sociedad Mexicana de ciencias fisiologicas, A.C. Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.

1993 Video microscopy software and hardware applications. Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Department of Biomedical Science, The University of Sheffield, UK.

1994 Lecture and two book chapters on Central vestibular neurotransmission. Recent Advances in Sensory Physiology. Sociedad Mexicana de Ciencias Fisiologicas, A.C. Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.

1994 Lecture. S-100ß, neuronal and possible ionic functions. Ear, Nose and Throat University Hospital, University of Tübingen, Germany.

1994 Color thresholding and video imaging in anatomy. Quantitative Morphology Symposium. XIVth Federative International Congress of Anatomy. Lisbon, Portugal, July 24-30.

Invited Lectures & Seminars:

1982 "Basic Electron Microscopy Techniques: Development, Implication, and Applications" Department of Biology, Rice University, Houston, TX.

1983 "Developmental Gradient in a Vertebrate Ear: Ultrastructure of Cytodifferentiation and Synaptogenesis of the Sensory Epithelia", Program for the Neuroscience, BCM.

1983 "The Clinician and the Researcher", Division of Public Relations, Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.

1984 "Electron Microscopy of Biological Material: X-Ray Microanalysis of Calcium Incorporation in the Chick Otoliths", Department of Biologica Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology.

1987 ³Vestibular Nerve Morphology and Characterization. Implication of Nerve Morphology to Vestibular Disturbances². Department Otolaryngology University of Würzburg, FRG.

1988 The vestibular nerve of normal and pathological specimens. Light and Electron Microscopy. Department of Anatomy, TMC.

1989 Computer-Aided Morphometry and Analysis in Anatomy. TMC.

1990 Video Microscopy and the Pathology Profession. TMC.

1990 Grant Seminar. The Fundable Idea. Process and Mechanism for Successful Grant preparation. Organizing Committee and Key Speaker. TMC.

1993 Detection and Characterization of a Human Intracisternal A-type Retroviral Particle Antigenically Related to HIV. TMC.

1993 Objective quantification of biological materials. Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology. TMC.

1993 Objective Quantification in Immunohistology. NIDA/NIH Image Analysis Training Seminar. San Diego, CA.

1993 Un Virus Nuevo Causante de Enfermedades Autoimunológicas Similares al SIDA. Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra. Santiago, The Dominican Republic.

1993 El Maestro Como Estudiante, y El Método Cientifico Como Instructor. Colegio Padre Fortin. Santiago, The Dominican Republic.

1993 Destino, Suerte o Persistencia. Autobiografía. Colegio Padre Fortin. Santiago, The Dominican Republic.v 1993 Accesory for Teachers on the Importance of Practical Laboratory Experience for Logical Thinking Development. Colegio Padre Fortin. Santiago, The Dominican Republic.

1993 Round Table Discussion with Pathology Residents and Attending Staff on the Current Educational Problems Facing Academic Institutions with the Changing Health Care Environment. Sponsored by Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra. Santiago, The Dominican Republic.

1993 Color Thresholding in Electronic Light Microscopy. Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Invitation from Professor Williams, Department Biomedical Science, The Univesity of Sheffield, U.K.

1993 Expression of S-100ß in the Chick Inner Ear. Invitation from Prof. H-P. Zenner, Universitats-Hals-Nasen-Ohrenklinik Tübingen. Tübingen, Germany.

1994 Caracteristicas Morfológicas de Células Infectadas por el HIV. Departamento de Medicina. Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra. Santiago, The Dominican Republic.

1994 Ajuste Constante del Maestro al Cambio Constante de los Esdudiantes. Colegio Padre Fortin. Santiago, Colegio Ntra. Sra. P. Socorro, Nagua. The Dominican Republic.

1994 Misión y Deversión. Colegio Padre Fortin. Santiago, Colegio Ntra. Sra. P. Socorro, Nagua. The Dominican Republic.

1994 Round Table Discussion with Residents and Attending Pathology staff on the Potential Existing in the Dominican Republic for Certain Clinical Studies. Sponsored by Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra. Santiago, The Dominican Republic.

1994 Accesory for Teachers on the Importance of Practical Laboratory Experience for Logical Thinking Development. Colegio Padre Fortin. Santiago, The Dominican Republic.

1994 Accesory for Teachers on the Importance of Practical Laboratory Experience for Logical Thinking Development. Colegio Nuestra Sra. P. Socorro, Nagua, The Dominican Republic.

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